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Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation www.adatshalom.net (301) 767-3333
HIGH HOLY DAYS INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
2011
September/October -- Tishrei 5772
Our season of repentance, introspection,
and renewal -- the Days of Awe, Yamim Noraim -- approaches.
The registration materials for Adat Shalom’s High Holy Days are enclosed.
Our community, staff, and volunteers need time to arrange for child
care, children’s programming, seating, security, break-the-fast, and
other important aspects of this sacred season – therefore all forms
should be mailed and postmarked no later than September 9th,
2011. Please do not delay! Thank you.
| Day/Date | Time | Location | Services and Events |
| Sat, Sept. 24 | 8:00 PM | JCC | Selichot Under the Stars – program/service at JCC of Greater Washington |
| Wed, Sept. 28 | 7:30PM | WHS | Erev Rosh HaShanah |
| Thurs, Sept. 29 | 9:30AM | WHS | Rosh HaShanah, first day |
| 9:30AM - 1:15PM | WHS | Babysitting and Grade Level programming for 1-year-old thru 3rd grade | |
| 10:00AM | WHS | B’Yachad service – for
Grades 4-6 & Families | |
| 9:45AM - 10:45AM 9:45AM - 10:45AM | WHS WHS | Minyan Katan -- for Pre-K through 1st Grade – led by Sue Marx Tot Story-Time and Sing-Along (Babies through Pre-K and their Parents) | |
| 11:00AM – 12:00PM | WHS | Gesher Minyan -- for Grades 2-3 – led by Sue Marx | |
| 11:50AM-12:15AM | WHS | Kids and families join in the main sanctuary for Shofar Blowing | |
| 4:30PM | MB | Tashlich Potluck (afternoon of Rosh HaShanah) | |
| Fri, Sept. 30 | 9:30AM | AS | Rosh HaShanah, second day: At Adat Shalom building |
| 9:30AM - 1:15PM | AS | Babysitting and Grade Level programming for 1yr. old – 7th grade | |
| 9:45AM - 11:00AM | AS | Youth Services – for K through 6th Grade – led by Sue Marx | |
| 11:15AM-11:50AM | AS | 7th Grade Discussions | |
| 11:50AM - 12:15 PM | AS | Kids and families join in the main sanctuary for Shofar Blowing | |
| 12:15PM - 1:00 PM | AS | Stories and Songs with Morah Chaya Silver and Guests | |
| Sat, Oct. 01 | 9:30AM | AS | Shabbat Shuvah Service with special dvar from Donald Kane |
| 1:15PM | AS | Healing Service (after the Oneg) | |
| Fri, Oct. 07 | 7:00PM - 9:30 PM | WHS | Kol Nidre (sermon by Rabbi Sid) |
| Sat, Oct. 08 | 9:15AM | WHS | Yom Kippur morning (starting at 9:15am, going into the afternoon) |
| 9:30AM – 5:45PM | WHS | Babysitting and Grade Level programming for 1yr. old - 3rd grade | |
| 10:00AM | WHS | B’Yachad service – for
Grades 4-7 & Families | |
| 9:45AM - 10:45AM
9:45AM - 10:45AM 11:00AM - 12:00PM |
WHS
WHS WHS |
Minyan Katan -- for Pre-K
through 1st Grade – led by Sue Marx
Tot Service (Babies through Pre-K and their Parents) Gesher Minyan -- for Grades 2-3 – led by Sue Marx | |
| 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM | WHS | Afternoon Workshops | |
| 2:15PM - 3:30PM | WHS | Teen Peulah | |
| 3:45PM | WHS | Mincha: Torah, Haftarah, D’var Torah, and Mincha Meditations | |
| 5:00PM | WHS | Yizkor: Memorial Prayer Service | |
| 5:45PM | WHS | Ne'ilah: Concluding Service | |
| 7:00PM | WHS | Shofar blowing, Havdalah, and Break-the-Fast | |
| Locations: |
JCC |
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington – Montrose Rd at E. Jefferson, Rockville (Selichot only) |
| WHS | Wheaton High School 12601 Dalewood Drive Silver Spring, Maryland 20906 | |
| AS | Adat Shalom 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (including 2nd day of RH) | |
| MB | Meadowbrook Park
7901 Meadowbrook Lane, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 (Tashlich Potluck) |
The DEADLINE for registration is Thursday, September 09th, 2011!
All registration materials should be sent directly to: High Holy Days, Adat Shalom
Reconstructionist Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, Maryland 20817.
TICKETS and NAME TAGS
Tickets will automatically be mailed for all adult members in good standing no later than September 01, 2011. Please remember that you do NOT need to send in a registration form for member tickets to the High Holy Day services. You WILL need to send in forms for guests tickets, children's programming and Break-the-Fast as needed. These forms are enclosed in this High Holy Days information packet, and are also available on line at www.adatshalom.net.
People who show tickets to the ushers will enter more quickly, so be sure to bring your tickets. Whoever does not bring a ticket must check in at the registration desk. We ask all Adat Shalom members to please wear their name tags. When members wear their name tags, it facilitates a sense of community, and enhances the efficiency and safety of our gathering. Guests and non-members must bring the tickets they receive in the mail confirming their registration
REGISTRATION/RESERVATIONS
All members of Adat Shalom are entitled to seats for themselves and their children (under age 25). Seats come with membership in good standing (i.e., at least one-third of current annual dues have been paid, with no outstanding balance on the prior year's account). If you have not received your dues statement by August 1st, please contact our accounts manager, Mike Goldsteen, at 301/767-3333 x103. Those who have made alternative arrangements for their payment schedule should fulfill that obligation in accordance with those arrangements. Those who need to make dues adjustment arrangements should contact Steven Sharpe, or Thea Wernick.
Adat Shalom offers children and teen programming. Parents MUST register children in advance to allow for adequate staffing and space.
Guests of members, and non-members, are welcome to join us at services – fees are listed on the registration forms. There are two registration forms: one for members and their guests, and another for non-members. Please fill out the appropriate form. This pricing structure rewards those who are affiliated with a synagogue, ours or another. Though it might seem preferable for synagogues not to charge for the High Holy Days, the work of the Jewish community goes on 24/7/365, supported willingly and generously by the dues and contributions of members. Therefore we ask that guests and visitors step forward, by making a contribution as indicated in the ticket pricing, to aid and support the synagogue community that works so hard to provide these and other services. We will, of course, make accommodations for those with limited means (call Sheila Feldman @ 301/767-3333 x107), as everyone deserves a community for the High Holy Days.
The High Holy Days are also a prime season for “shul shoppers,” those who are seeking a spiritual home. Feel free to suggest Adat Shalom to your friends who might be looking! For those who attend High Holy Days and subsequently join Adat Shalom by December 31, 2011, the price of High Holy Day seats is applied toward the first year’s membership dues.
HIGH HOLY DAY PRAYER BOOKS (MACHZORIM)
Members need to bring their own machzorim to services. We provide machzorim only for non members.
YIZKOR BOOK
During the Days of Awe, and especially at the Yizkor service on Yom
Kippur, members of Jewish households often recall family and friends
who have passed away. One opportunity to honor the memory of loved
ones is to include their names in our annual Yizkor book and by making
a contribution to tzedakah (charity) in their honor. If
you would like to remember and honor someone, please complete the Yizkor
form online at http://www.adatshalom.net/
BREAK-THE-FAST
Our catered dairy/parve meal will follow the Ne’ilah service in the
Wheaton High School cafeteria. See registration form for
pricing. For Break-the-Fast questions, please contact Maureen Schroeder
at Adat Shalom, 301/767-3333 x108 or clergyassistant@adatshalom.net
VOLUNTEERING: AVODAH
The Adat Shalom community is built on volunteerism. Volunteering for High Holy Days is a special mitzvah, and another way of actualizing our core value of Avodah (labor, service, prayer). Even a single hour of service is immensely helpful. Opportunities to help include ushering, welcome greeters, break-the-fast, and schlepping. Please share in this community event by completing the Volunteer Sign-up Form. If you would like more information, please contact Maureen Schroeder at the Adat Shalom office, 301/767-3333 x108 or clergyassistant@adatshalom.net .
TORAH READING AND HONORS
Opportunities for participation in our services abound. Service honors are being mailto:btrichman@yahoo.com coordinated by a volunteer, Michael Gottlieb. If you would like an English reading, an aliyah, or other service honor, please contact Michael. Volunteer Barb Richman has been coordinating High Holiday Torah and Haftarah chantings. Those are set as of press time, but if you’d like to express your interest in being a back-up reader, please contact her. If you would like to leyn in year 5772, contact either Paula Lewis or Marsha Teichman .
YOM KIPPUR AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
The afternoon of Yom Kippur includes workshops led by both community members and clergy to enhance your
High Holiday experience. These will be held in classrooms at Wheaton High School after the Musaf service, with detailed information to be announced and posted that day. These sessions are an opportunity to meet in smaller groups, for shorter and more interactive learning mid-day on Yom Kippur. We will hold one set of Adult Ed programs between Musaf and Minhah; and will include at least one discussion group to stimulate the mind, plus something more kinesthetic or reflective
HIGH HOLIDAY ATTIRE
Remember that Jewish men and women alike are encouraged to wear both tallitot and kippot; non-Jewish members and worshippers are invited to wear the kippah. Kol Nidre is one of only two nights each year when the tallit is worn in the evening, and throughout Yom Kippur white garments without leather (often a kittel or white robe evocative of both birth and death) are traditionally worn.
SECURITY
We closely monitor information that pertains to the safety and security of worshippers on the High Holy Days. We have hired off-duty police to assist us in ensuring the safety of the Adat Shalom community at Wheaton High School and also at Adat Shalom on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah.
Please cooperate with us: bring your tickets (members, guests, and non-members alike); wear your name tags; enter the High School only through the designated entrance; and heed volunteer ushers and security personnel alike.
DIRECTIONS TO WHEATON HIGH SCHOOL
From points South & West: I-495 to Connecticut Ave. N; go four miles north on Connecticut, turn right on Randolph. Stay in the left lane; after two long blocks, turn left onto Dalewood Drive. Wheaton High School is at 12601, on the right.
From points North & West: take Randolph Rd east, and turn left on Dalewood Drive (2 blocks after Connecticut); or take Viers Mill Rd. to Randolph, where you turn left and travel one mile until turning left again on Dalewood
From points East: take Georgia Ave. to Weller Road, heading west for one-half mile. Turn left on Dean Road, proceeding for three blocks, until it ends at Dalewood, directly in front of Wheaton High School at 12601.
BASIC INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & TEEN PROGRAMS
Registration Forms for Rosh HaShanah Day 1 and Day 2 and Yom Kippur are now due. Please keep in mind that all children and youth programming is provided FREE OF CHARGE as a service to our members and our guests. We work hard to provide meaningful holiday experiences for young people, youth, and teens. Please understand our need to plan for appropriate set-up and staffing and so please respond promptly. All potential participants - from tots to teens - should turn in the Babysitting Registration Forms and Youth Programming Forms if they plan on participating in scheduled programs.
*** Adat Shalom will provide snacks, but not lunch. Please pack/plan appropriately! ***
Rosh HaShanah Day 1, Day 2 and Yom Kippur: Children are welcome in the main services at any time. All children’s programs are designed to enable them to join the entire community for the Shofar service, special programs and blessings.
Child Care/ Babysitting for Children: Age 1 through age 7 (2nd grade): Please note that baby-sitting will not be provided for children under the age of one. Supervised childcare will be provided from 9:30 a.m. – 1:15p.m. for children ages 1 to 7 during services on Rosh HaShanah day 1 and day 2, and Yom Kippur day from
9:30 am – 5:45 p.m. Parents, please send your children with everything they will need during these times – lunch, favorite toys, extra clothing, diapers, wipes, etc. all labeled with the child’s full name. Parents may wish to bring blankets or rugs to cover the hard floors. The program will provide snacks, but not lunch.
Programming for Children: Pre-K (4 years old) through grade 6: We will offer a special line-up of services, activities, story times, and snacks for Pre-K (4 years old) through grade 6 on Rosh HaShanah day 1 and day 2 and Yom Kippur Day. In addition to structured activities; supervised free play and snacks are included. We suggest that children either wear or bring rubber-soled shoes, as some activities at Wheaton High School will take place in the gym, and those wearing hard-soled shoes can not be permitted to join in.
The B’Yachad Service on Rosh HaShanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur Day: Families are invited to be part of The B’Yachad Service which is a family-friendly minyan, geared especially, but not exclusively, for young people in grades 4 through 6 on RH1 and grades 4 through 7 on YK, along with their friends, siblings, and parents. At the end of The B’Yachad Service on Rosh HaShanah, everyone will brought to the ‘main’ service for a special moment of blessing-the-children, with the entire community and the Shofar Service.
7th Grade Program: This year’s 7th graders are encouraged to participate in the ‘main’ service or to assist with our youth programs. SSL hours may be available to those who arrange to assist in advance. A special Rosh HaShanna Sicha (discussion) just for 7th grades will take place from 10:45 – 11:40 on Rosh HaShanna Day 1 and on Yom Kippur Day. 101
Teens (Grades 8 – 10): This year’s teens are encouraged to participate in the ‘main’ service or to assist with our youth programs. SSL hours may be available to those who arrange to assist in advance. A special Rosh HaShanna Sicha (discussion) just for teens will take place from 10:45 – 11:40 on Rosh HaShanna Day 1 and on Yom Kippur Day.
7th Grade & Teens: On Rosh HaShanna Day 2, teens are encouraged to remain in the main sanctuary after the Shofar Service for a special interactive program based on the story of the Akedah (The Binding of Issac).
Yom Kippur Ne’ilah, The Closing of the Gates: During the final service of the day, Ne’ilah, the whole community will reconvene and reconnect after the afternoon workshops and services at Wheaton High School. Children of all ages (especially those in grades 3 and up) are encouraged to wear white clothing and join in our memorable Ne’ilah service. Children will be invited to the bimah for the communal recitation of “Avinu Malkeinu”, remaining up front for Havdalah and the shofar blasts – bring a shofar if you have one!
For more information about children’s programs, please contact the Torah School at tsinfo@adatshalom.net.
OTHER SEASONAL EVENTS
Selichot Under the Stars @ JCC of Greater Washington
This year we again join in a special outdoor Selichot observance with sister congregations Har Shalom, Beth Ami, B'nai Tzedek and Shaarei Torah, in partnership with the JCC. Don’t miss this late-night entry into the High Holy Day season. Together, on the front green at the JCC (6125 Montrose Rd), we will enjoy an evening of melodies, prayers and stories to prepare us for the season of awe and contemplation. Come dressed for a last breath of summer; seats will be available, and blankets for the ground are welcome. Simple refreshments will be served at 8:00pm while we greet one another. Havdalah and a short program (involving literally many wonderful voices) begin around 9:00pm, followed by selichot prayers, with a final shofar blast by 11:00pm or so. The event is free and open to the public -- please bring a friend. All are welcome.
Tashlich
This ancient ceremony is to symbolically cast our sins into natural waters such as streams and rivers. Tashlich will be held on the afternoon of Rosh HaShanah, Thursday September 29th at “Candy Cane Village” at the end of the road through Meadowbrook Park in Chevy Chase. If you like, please come as early as 2:00 pm to utilize the playground and surrounding areas, drop off your food with Jacqulin Glass in the shelter building, and relax before the Tashlich ceremony which will begin at 5:00 pm. A pot-luck dinner will follow the Tashlich ceremony; please bring a dairy / vegetarian dish for 8-12 people to share. Main dishes, side dishes, desserts and drinks are all welcome. A playground and sports field are adjacent to the shelter; dress casually; all ages welcome.
Celebrating Sukkot: Build a Sukkah, Build a Community
The Adat Shalom community will celebrate the festival of Sukkot (October 13 – October 19) with in-sukkah / at-home pot-lucks, organized within Adat Shalom Villages (K'farim in Hebrew). The Villages are Adat Shalom's effort to create and sustain neighborly connections within our larger community. So, if you are planning to construct a sukkah at your home, please also consider building neighborly spirit within Adat Shalom by hosting members from your Village for a Sukkot celebration on any of the following dates and times:
Friday evening,
October 14 (dessert, or with Shabbos dinner, too – host’s choice)
Saturday evening, October 15 (for Havdalah and dessert, or with dinner,
too -- host's choice)
Anytime on Sunday, October 16 (for brunch, lunch, mid-afternoon "nosh,"
or dinner -- also host's choice)
Please contact Sheila Feldman at (301) 767-3333 x 107/ Sheila.Feldman@adatshalom.net, or your Village Captains, if you are willing to be a host for a Sukkot celebration, and perform this mitzvah.
For Sukkot: Lulav & Etrog
To order a lulav and an etrog, the customary four species over which we say blessings in our Sukkah: Simply make out a check and mail to Adat Shalom, with “Lulav” in the memo field, by September 27th. Starter “children’s sets” cost $27 each; standard high quality sets, cost $35. Please send checks to Eva Settle, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD 20817 – Checks must be received by September 27th to process the order in time for Zman Simchateinu, the Season of our Joy, Sukkot.
SOCIAL ACTION
(TIKKUN OLAM) AT ADAT SHALOM:
COMMIT TO MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
“The
Blessed Holy One asks of Israel that by their deeds, they add on to
the written Torah -- since the deeds of the righteous
are Torah.”
During the coming year, we will expand many of our existing social action projects, including programs addressing homelessness and our advocacy efforts. In order to do so, we would like to encourage every member of Adat Shalom, and especially new members, to participate together in these activities. At the same time, we welcome additional volunteers to lead and participate in all of our ongoing projects. We look forward to engaging each and every member of Adat Shalom in Tikkun Olam this year. To learn more about our specific projects, please visit the Social Action Committee’s page on the Adat Shalom website.
For the first time this year, we’ll be conducting an online survey of members’ volunteer interests. In mid-September, every member will receive an e-mail with a link to a survey listing the year’s projects, and asking you to indicate those in which you (and each member of your family) might like to participate. Please complete the survey and help us make this new “online Social Action pledge form” a success.
For more information, please contact Social Action Committee Co-Chairs – Jayme Epstein, and Jean Hochron .
REMINDER: One vital social action effort takes place during the High Holy Days – KANS FOR KOL NIDRE:
On Kol Nidre night, bring a grocery bag full of canned goods to services at Wheaton High School. The food will be donated to the Manna Food Center, which distributes it to those in need. Please bring any non-perishable food except for unsecured grains, peanut butter, or glass jars. For more information, contact Marsha Teichman
ANY QUESTIONS?
Call Maureen Schroeder at 301/767-3333 x108 (clergyassistant@adatshalom.net), or Eva Settle at 301/767-3333 x106 (officeadmin@adatshalom.net). If no answer, leave a message, and your call will be answered as quickly as possible.
Shanah Tovah u’Metukah –
A good and sweet New Year!
Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation
7727 Persimmon Tree Lane
Bethesda, MD 20817
E-mail info@adatshalom.net
Phone: 301-767-3333 x106 | FAX: 301-767-3340
Shabbat Services: Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.
We are an affiliate of the Jewish
Reconstructionist Federation
and part of the Chesapeake Region of
the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (CRJRF)